Skip to content
Request a Demo

Comprehensive Crypto Options and Derivatives Analytics

Options, futures/perps, and DeFi options data and analytics institutional traders rely on to drive investment decisions.

Analytics

gvol_ui_1
Analytics

Best in Class Options & Derivatives Analytics

AD Derivatives offers institutional-grade analytics, tools, and data sets built on years of deep trading expertise and trusted by institutional traders. Access a vast repository of live and historical crypto options data and leverage years of historical volatility surfaces like strikes and moneyness. Access our comprehensive API and customizable analytics UI tools to visualize data and trends. Download certain datasets in S3 buckets with 100ms granularity.

Options Analytics Tools Built on Years of Expertise

AD Derivatives options analytics tools and data sets are built based on years of deep options trading expertise and trusted by institutional traders.

Implied Volatility

Option exchange’s implied volatility is provided where available or we calculate it. Raw quote data for thousands of options are normalized to provide accurate and comparable IV for crypto options.

Launch the App
Constant Delta

Options delta is weighted and interpolated to create consistent time-series analysis. Time to expiration measures are also normalized and charted.

Launch the App
Deep History

Backtest your crypto options strategies with years of crypto options data history. This deep "data lake” is best in class and goes back as far as April of 2019.

 
Launch the App
GEX (Gamma Exposure)

Crypto option quote data updates are matched to trade data in order to measure true trade “aggressors," enabling traders to anticipate hedging flows and dealer positioning. 

 
Launch the App

Access Best-in-Class Derivatives Analytics

Realized Volatility

volatility-curve-orange-border
Realized Volatility

Customizable Realized Vol Dashboards

With over 90 alt coins and coverage across major pairs, analyzing movements in the underlying markets is fundamental to options pricing. 

Launch the App

Customizable Realized Vol Dashboards

Realized Vol Use Cases

Trading
  • Analyze market trends and identify potential opportunities.
  • Identify periods of low volatility and sell options at inflated implied vol levels.
Launch the App
Risk
  • Analyze the historical volatility of an asset.
  • Adjust options and derivatives positions accordingly.
Launch the App
Options Pricing
  • Properly gauge and price implied vol.
  • Incorporate realized vol into pricing models to understand the fair value of options.
Launch the App

Metrics

gvol-gex-orange-border
Metrics

Back out dealer positioning with Amberdata's proprietary model

With metrics like Gamma Exposure, measure true trade “aggressors” combined with immediate changes in open interest. Leverage a set of over 30 proprietary trade heuristics. Anticipate hedging flows and other market-moving activity.

Learn More

Key Benefits of Derivative Metrics

Proprietary Model

Our proprietary model tags Derebit's flow to get true directional analysis and aggressor direction. 

Deep History and Expertise

AD Derivatives is built by expert traders, allowing for full access to cutting-edge metrics and research.

Trusted Partners and Service

With trusted exchange partners and experienced advisors, our deep expertise ensures smooth integrations and constant assistance.

Risk Monitoring

payoff-structure-greeks
AD Derivatives

Monitor and Manage Your Risk

AD Derivatives offers a full suite of risk monitoring tools. Use visuals such as options payoff charts to tailor your portfolio risk. Estimate payoffs from changes in the underlying prices, implied volatility shocks, and added delta-one hedges.

Risk Monitoring Use Cases

Scenario Analysis
  • Conduct stress tests by simulating extreme market scenarios.
  • Evaluate the impact of changes in factors like underlying asset prices, volatility levels, and interest rates.
Launch the App
Risk Mitigation
  • Analyze implied and realized volatility.

  • Employ strategies like covered call selling cash secure puts. 

Launch the App
Portfolio Greeks
  • Understand where to allocate risk across different options and derivatives positions.
  • Manage overall portfolio exposure and diversify risk with delta, gamma, and vega. 
Launch the App
Decision Making
  • Analyze key risk metrics.
  • Track P&L at expiration and before expiration.
  • Assess the risk-reward profiles of different strategies.
Launch the App

Volatility Surface Calibration

Volatility Surface Calibration

Cryptocurrency markets are characterized by high volatility, newly distinctive trading behaviors, and low liquidity, all of which pose significant challenges for traditional volatility modeling techniques.

Amberdata’s robust calibration methodology employs the flexibility and efficiency of the Stochastic Volatility-Inspired (SVI) model while addressing the unique volatility surfaces observed in crypto markets. With significant improvements over traditional methods for volatility surface estimations, advanced optimization techniques, and liquidity-adjusted pricing mechanisms, our proprietary SVI TrueLine calibration is the most accurate and stable model in the market.

Key Features

Robust Calculations

Use arbitrage-free calculations that offer significant improvements over traditional methods

High Availability Granularity

Get 5-minute granularity with a 1- hour failsafe solution.

Historical Backfill

Bolster your models and strategies with a historical backfill available for inspection. 

Coverage and Data Delivery

See BTC and ETH fitted surfaces and generate your model using our REST API.

Use Cases

DeFi Derivatives

skews
AD Derivatives

DeFi Options Vaults & DEXs

With the Amberdata Derivatives analytics platform and API, access multi-chain liquidity and volume data to find edge and alpha in the nascent DeFi Option Markets.

✅ Explore complex DeFi Options analytics including skews, net vega, delta exposure, and open interest. 

✅ Compare CeFi Versus DeFi Trade Data.

✅ Identify top traders and monitor their strategies.

✅ Explore live and historical DeFi data as far back as the protocol itself. 

Explore DeFi Derivatives

Learn About
Crypto Options

This eBook explores the past four years of crypto options, BTC volatility trends, and how to gain an advantage in this new asset class.

BTC Options Cover